Team Information
Sport
Football
Gender
Men's
Division
NCAA Division 3
Location
Henniker, NH
Coaching Staff (13)
Kevin Kelly
Head Coach
Kevin Kelly was announced as the head coach of the New England College football program in August of 2023. Kelly brings more than 30 years of experience to the position, having served as the head coach of Georgetown University, where he was named Patriot League Coach of the Year for 2011, from 2006–2013. While with Marshall in 1996, the team won an FCS National Championship, and Kelly was part of a staff that coached future NFL players Randy Moss, Byron Leftwich and Chad Pennington. While at Navy, the program won three Commander-in-Chief trophies. Additionally, Kelly was part of an Ivy League championship-winning staff at Dartmouth College. Most recently, he served as defensive backs coach at Salve Regina University in Rhode Island. He has also coached in the XFL and with Bryant University and Ball State University.
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Will Hannum
Assistant Coach
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Tucker Gaudette
Assistant Coach
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Alex Schmidt
Assistant Coach
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Luke Bakanowsky
Assistant Coach
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Raymond Portu
Assistant Coach
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Jake McCarthy
Assistant Coach
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Greg Pepper
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Drew Luongo
Coach
Drew Luongo was hired as the Offensive Coordinator for the NEC Football team in 2025. He is also the acting quarterbacks coach.
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Matt Elsker
Coach
Elsker was hired as the Defensive Coordinator for the NEC Football team in 2025. He is also the acting linebackers coach.
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John Rafail
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Frank Jones
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Richard Hubbard
Coach
Richard provides comprehensive academic and professional support for our men’s student-athletes. Professor Hubbard plays an active role in making sure incoming students can become well-adjusted to the college academic environment and properly navigate their path towards graduation. Richard is an Assistant Professor of Criminal Justice at New England College in Henniker, New Hampshire. He is a graduate of the Antonin Scalia School of Law at George Mason University. His soccer background includes playing collegiate soccer at Plymouth State University and making a U.S. Men’s soccer team that played in Europe. He played adult competitive soccer for thirty years in the first division of the Massachusetts Over-the-Hill league in the Over-30, 40, 50, and Over-56 age brackets. His coaching background includes coaching travel teams in the Amherst Soccer Club for 25+ years and being an Assistant Coach for the Souhegan High School Boys team (Amherst, New Hampshire ). He also served as President of the Amherst Soccer Club as well as President of the Southern NH Youth Soccer League (3,000 travel players ).
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